Main Tasks for Administrators - SAS Data Integration Studio 3.3 User's Guide - page 60

The following steps summarize how to use SAS Data Integration Studio to enter
metadata about a library. These steps are appropriate for an administrator who does
not have to use the change-management facility. The steps for a user would be similar,
except that the user would have to check in the metadata for the new library as a last
step.
1 Start SAS Data Integration Studio as described in “Starting SAS Data Integration
Studio” on page 93.
2 Open the metadata profile that specifies the repository where metadata for the
new library should be stored. The steps for opening a metadata profile are
described in “Opening a Metadata Profile” on page 95.
3 In SAS Data Integration Studio, click the Inventory tab to display the Inventory
tree.
4 In the Inventory tree, expand the folders until the Libraries folder is displayed.
5 Select the Libraries folder, then select File ￿ New from the menu bar. The New
Library wizard displays.
6 In the New Library wizard, expand the folders to view the folder for the type of
library for which you want to enter metadata. (The wizard includes folders for
Database Libraries , Enterprise Application Libraries , and SAS
Libraries , for example.)
7 Expand the folder for the type of library for which you want to enter metadata,
such as SAS Libraries .
8 Select the type of library for which you want to enter metadata, such as SAS Base
Engine Library and click Next .
9 Enter metadata as prompted by the wizard.
After the metadata for a library has been entered and saved, it is available for use in
SAS Data Integration Studio. For example, most source designer wizards and target
designer wizards will prompt you to select the library that contains or will contain a
given source table or target table.
Preassigned Libraries
It is possible to assign a SAS library to a server so that the library is assigned
whenever the server is started. Such a library is said to be preassigned. Preassigned
libraries are used whenever you want a SAS library to be available in the current
session without explicitly assigning the library during the session.
For example, suppose that you wanted to use the View Data feature to display a
table that contains custom SAS formats. The SAS library that contains the formats can
be preassigned to the SAS application server that is used to access the table.
Some of the tasks that are associated with preassigning a SAS library must be done
outside of SAS Data Integration Studio or SAS Management Console. For details, see
the assigning libraries chapter in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Administration Guide .
The properties window for a library includes a Library is Preassigned check box.
To display this check box, follow these steps:
1 From the SAS Data Integration Studio desktop, in the Inventory tree, open the
Libraries folder and select the library that you want to view or update.
2 Select File ￿ Properties from the menu bar. The properties window for the
library displays.
3 Select the Options tab, then click the Advanced Options button. The Advanced
Options window is displayed.
4 Select the Pre-Assign tab. The Library is Preassigned check box is on that
tab.